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My Journey to Holistic Healing

Anna Vakil PhD LHP

Several years ago, my life was turned upside down by hormones-gone-crazy and I was recommended for major surgery.

Determined to avoid surgery, I looked to an old friend for assistance—homeopathy, which I was already familiar with since for more than 15 years I had been using it successfully to keep my children healthy.

Thanks to homeopathy, I was able to escape the knife. Later, when presented with the opportunity to start a second career, empowering others and helping them solve health problems was a natural choice.

Since then, I became board-certified in homeopathy and from 2013 I have been seeing clients in my own health and wellness practice in Yuma, Arizona. Then in late 2024, I was in the first group of homeopathic practitioners to be granted a license by the state of Arizona.

Because of my own experience with hormonal imbalance, I have taken more than 15 endocrine-system continuing education courses from Karen Allen LHP, a leading homeopath and teacher specializing for many years in helping to resolve endocrine, fertility and hormone problems using homeopathic medicines.

In my first career, I was an educator and researcher while working as a university professor of urban planning and public policy. Now, several years later, I use my teaching skills to walk alongside every client on their personal journey toward health. I also draw on the research and analytical skills I learned while completing a PhD at the University of Michigan to get at the root causes of health issues so we can identify lasting solutions, not just temporary fixes.

I am a past-President of the Accreditation Commission for Homeopathic Education in North America (ACHENA) and currently serve as an Advisor for that organization. And for 4 years I also taught the required research methods course for the Homeopathic Practitioner Program at the American Medical College of Homeopathy.

I love the challenge of using an integrative approach to help resolve the unique health puzzle of each and every client.

How can I help YOU?

My Education and Training

  • Homeopathic Practitioner (3-year intensive program), American Medical College of Homeopathy, 2015 (now part of PIHMA, the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture), accredited by ACHENA, the Accreditation Commission for Homeopathic Education in North America

  • Introduction to wellness coaching, Institute for Wellness Education, 2016

  • "Clinical Problem-solving", a 6-week online course from the University of California-San Francisco Medical School meeting continuing education requirements of the American Medical Association, Coursera, 2013

  • Interdisciplinary PhD in Urban, Technological and Environmental Planning
    University of Michigan, 1991

 

Professional Affiliations